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Germany’s voting system is complicated, to the point that not even most Germans completely understand it. But it is one of the fairest around. Here is a brief explanation.
One person, one vote — if only it were that easy. Germany’s voting system is exceedingly difficult to understand, stemming from the country’s combination of parliamentary democracy, in which parties are supreme, and a desire to allow voters to choose a local candidate. Throw in the need for states to be fairly represented in parliament and what you get is both one of the fairest and most complicated systems around.
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The Wahl-O-Mat portal
Minimum wages, energy reform, policy on Europe – how close are the major parties’ manifestos to your own view of things? Find out prior to the general election by using the “Wahl-O-Mat”. Relying on your ‘for’ or ‘against’ decisions, the programme, which is operated by the Federal Agency for Civic Education, assesses the overlap. The Wahl-O-Mat portal unfortunately only runs in German.
Fakten zur Wahl zur Bundestagswahl 2013
Hier finden Sie Antworten auf die wichtigsten Fragen zur Bundestagswahl 2013.
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